
The stand up last week of a new office within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that consolidates support operations across the spectrum of threats from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) will be able to build on existing authorities intelligence analysis and capabilities development in the radiological and nuclear detection space and apply those to chemical and biological detection, a DHS official said on Wednesday.The Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) consolidates the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO),…